Rope fastener



March 21, 1939; E. 1.; REDFIELD 2,151,664

ROPE FASTENER Filed April 25, 1938 Patented Mar. 21, 1939 UNITED STATESROPE. FASTENER Erwin Lee Redfield, Cloquet, Minn., assignor to WilliamJ. Oswald, Chicago, Ill.

Application April 25,

4 Claims.

The present invention relates generally to devices for securing lines,ropes, cords and the like, and particularly to a device for fasteningthe end of a clothes line. However, it may be used for tent ropes andmany other places where taut lines are necessary.

The general object of the invention is to provide a simple unitarydevice for binding a rope or line in a quick and easy manner, thebinding action being effective when the rope or line is taut.

The general object is attained by the devices shown in the accompanyingdrawing as the preferred forms thereof to illustrate and explain thenature of the invention. It is to be understood that the invention isnot limited to or by the forms specifically illustrated and described.

In the drawing: a

Figs. .1 and? represent perspective views referred to respectively asbottom and top views of a device.

Fig. 3 is a top elevation of the device as used with a rope.

Fig. 4 is a lengthwise section of the device taken on line 4-4 of Fig.3.

Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively side and face views of a modified ordouble-header device use ful also to splice ropes for a taut splice.

The preferred form of the device is particularly adapted for securingthe ends of clothes lines, and for that purpose it is provided with aconstruction to render it suitable for removably hanging it on a hook.In the drawing this form is an elongated metal body, such as of castaluminum, having two ends, two faces, and two lateral edges. It has abody portion ill, a post portion l i, a hook or lock-portion l2, and anabutment or binding portion l3. These are arranged along the device fromone end in the order l2, l3 and ll. The post H is formed by utilizing aside edge portion of the casting and by providing a hole I4 therein.

The hole l4 extending from face-to-face, forms a similar post 55 at theopposite side edge of the casting, so that the device illustratedprovides alternative posts, only one of which functions at a time forone rope or line. The provision of two posts strengthens the structure.The hole I4 permits threading a rope or line through it, and knottingthe end, so that the device is always attached to and carried by therope to be available for use and to avoid loss.

The abutment or binding portion I3 is provided by an offset constructionwhich provides an abutment surface "5 preferably at an angle to theplane of the two posts, said abutment extending 1938, Serial No. 203,988

generally transversely of the device from post-topost. A rope may bewrapped around a post so that a portion of the length at the free endafter leaving the post lies against the abutment area [6 and is heldthereto by a portion of the rope lying taut over it crosswise.

The hook or looking portion 12 is provided by forming a recess I! fromone side edge of the device to make a hook-like end over which the tautportion of the rope passes, in order to hold it in position to hold thetaut portion of the rope before it passes around a post to bind a freeportion of the rope on the surface it after the rep passes around thepost.

In use the rope 20 passes over the hook or look ii at the designated topof the device. The various portions of the rope are separatelydesignated, as for example where it passes over hook l2, it isdesignated 2!. The portion 22 passes through recess H to the undersideof the device. The rope at 23 passes on through recess or hole Hi againto the top side of the device and at 24 around post H to the undersideof the device in such a way that the rope at 25 lies against theabutment or binding surface it and under rope portion 23. A knob 26 isshown at the end of the rope.

For hanging the device to a hook (not shown) a hole 21 or other suitablemeans may be provided.

In Figs. 5 and 6 a device is shown in which the essential parts abovedescribed are duplicated at both ends of a device. This device may beused like that of Fig. i, or may be used for splicing ropes. The devicehas a body 30 with a so-called back-bone 3! extending from end-to-end,the central portion 32 of which provides the post. The back-bone isoffset by a curved structure centrally to provide the binding portionsor abutments or shoulders 33 and 34, which are formed in part in theback-bone and extended by lateral projections 35 and 36 from theback-bone. At the ends of the device there are lateral projections 31and 38 which provide the locks, and these are preferably tipped with ahook-structure 39 and 40 to assure retention of the rope in the recessesdesignated 4| and 42, or to provide a hooked end for hanging the deviceon a ring (not shown).

By use of this structure as illustrated, two ropes 43 and 44, with freeends 45 and 46, may be pieced together.

It is to be understood that various modifications and changes may bemade within the scope of the invention as expressed in the appendedclaims.

I claim:

1. A fastening device for rope and the like comprising a substantiallyfiat rigid tension-resisting body of elongated form having a portionthereof removed intermediate its ends to provide a post portionextending along the length of the body, said body providing toward oneend of the body an abutment extending transversely of the device andlaterally of the post in position to lie against a length of ropewrapped around the post as it leaves the post, and at said end of saidbody a transverse hooked portion for carrying rope from one side of thedevice to the other over which hook may lie a length of rope beforepassing around the post, whereby said last mentioned length cooperateswith the material forming said abutment to provide a binding closureholding the rope on the abutment.

2. A fastening device for rope and the like com prising a substantiallyflat tension-resisting backbone element which has an offset intermediatepost section around which a rope may be wrapped, the offset forming ashoulder at an end of the post section laterally of the post, meansextending said shoulder portion away from the post to form an abutmentagainst which may lie a piece of rope after it leaves the post from suchwrapping, and a lateral hooked projection from said back-bone elementremote from the post and abutment on the abutment-end of said post overwhich may pass a length of rope before wrapping about the post, so thatsaid last-mentioned length when taut may pass from one side of thedevice to the other and lie over that portion of the rope which isagainst the abutment and bind the rope to said abutment, said bindingportion of the rope and the extending means forming a closure for thebound piece of rope.

3. A fastening device for rope and the like comprising a substantiallyflat tension-resisting back-bone element which has an offsetintermediate post section providing two shoulders at the ends of saidpost section, means extending said shoulders laterally from the postsection to provide an abutment at each end of the post laterally of thepost, and beyond each abutment from the post a laterally extending partto receive a rope in its passage from one side of the device to theother so that a rope wrapped around the post before aprpoaching the postmay lie over said extending part, pass from one side to the other andlie over that section of the rope which lies against the abutment afterthe rope passes around the post, the binding portion of the ropecooperating with the said extending means to form a closure for thebound piece of rope on said abutment.

4. A fastening device for rope and the like comprising'an elongatedgenerally fiat rigid tensionresisting body having two faces, two ends,and two lateral edges, said body having a hole therethrough intermediatethe ends from face-to-face, and at one end a recess inwardly from oneedge to provide a hook-like end, said hole forming two posts at theedges around any one of which a rope may be wrapped, the body beingoffset at one face to provide an abutment extending from postto-post atthe hooked end of the body and adjacent that end of the hole, saidabutment being lateral to each post, the hook being so located as tocompel the binding portion of the rope to cooperate with the bodyportion providing the abutment to form aclosure for the bound piece ofrope.

' ERWIN LEE REDFIELD.

